New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-10
WAR IN FREIGHT RATES PROBABLE

WAR IN FREIGHT RATES PROBABLE.
rur PENNSYLVANIA REFUSES TO ACCEPT ITS
RIVALS INTERPRETATION OF THE COMMERCE LAW
PITrsBITgG, Aug. 8 lSpecidn.-1he Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has disagreed with the other truhs
lines regarding the construction 10 DC paeeu On
certain clauses of the interstate Commerce act ana
war that promises to b. highly interesting mas prem
begun. Snce the expiration OF the suspension Oh 'no
long and short haul clause OF the ACT VIM" voc
granted TO the transcoutnental lines an ARA eeo",
has been made between the lines west OF Cn'cd|" az"
St loCis ard those east OF those points by whicn uo
Pacific Coast lines allowed to make 'nr"uSn O.
from Pittsburg to points west OF 0u'0"s1 a." 49,.
Louis Under this agreement the hhes e"S Vi '"V
nta accent 10 per cent OF the total rates as ther
part. -, .,i rroomont
All The trunk lines have gone into TINS agreenens
excent the Pennsylvania That co Bpany claims '""'
the rates made under it are an NJ. 20 ms
ana short haul clause of the law, rs the rates 10 roo
onts in Colorado are higher than those to san ffan-
risco The other lines admit thls bht say lha', Ih
y;sw of the comm SONS declaration that water COM
petition might be given as reasoDaoie grouho Io eA
oeoting some lines the operations oil me ioug anu
shot haul clause they are prepared TO take me rsh
he rate on iron and windOw-glass from Plttspnrg
to san Francisco Under the recently issued Iafh %
cents, while the for rate wac 80 cents ms makes
the share OF the line east OF OhioaSo vi =" n
10 IL cents, while their regular rate Is 10 'eniS
Tne power granted to the Pacific Coast lines OF max
ing through rates is limited by minimum peIow
which the share of the line cas-! Of chicago must no'
90 The Pennsylvania Company, adheIins 10 us Ie-
terminaliou to- act NJ on street hterpfetaon " '"'
'" pes;Sent J"bn Newell came from New York to day
to attend a meeting OF the stockholders OF 'he s
b,rc and AXE Erle Railroad When asked now east
hound freight shipments affected b5 competiiion
with the Pennsyvsna road under the new law MI.
Newell said that, while the east-hound rate from
yonnotoyyn WAS higher than IRON Pitsbure still the
rates from H,tsburg the East were as low as moe
OF the Pennsy yania COMPANY. MI NeWeh saiC ,n"'
pract cally the Lake Erie people had Deen lolu Wy
the members OF the Interstate Commerce Copn1ss'ou
that their action would be sustain by the eoInii
SION Ae O nt Mr. SewelFs talk was repeated said
that the ast that the Lake Ere rate from ioIn:s
town, shorter d'saree Is cents less man ne lear
violation OF the long and short haul cause nus
same official said that The commission hsd star'eu ou'
TO please everybody, AMI had got itself into hot WAFER
lie tbop ght that any complaint against the Lake Eie
must come from Youngstown shippers, and that the
Pennsy wanna takes mp the matter IL Will niosV J
Law il before Commissioner FINK.
9TUE PENNSYLVANIA OF CONNECTICUT"
NFw-H AvEv Aug. s. -" We propose to make the
New-York and New-Haveu Railroad the pennsylvania
of Connecticut was remark made Oy one oil inc
ocers in Chief Engineer Fave te s. Curtisss office to-
day. Drawings and tracngs completed ana drawings
and tracings still under the hand of The draughtsmau
in every part of the give one an ldea OF fresueu
Clark's intended Improvements N the quadrupie
tracking and the stations on the Consohoateu'
which was formerly known only as the New YORK,
N.w-iiaven ana Hartford Railfoad. The ionr-track
system Will he completed as lar as Mamarohech ny
October and to POrtchester 10y January l. LUG
matter of changing the line and grades from the New
Rochelle junction, over the Harlem River oiahch
an running four tracks to the Harlem River Is uhuer
contemplation. SO lar the 1our tracks have Oeen
laid the grades on the main hue have been modlhso
the grade sings taken ont and the curves reduced
The idea is to have grades in the road more than
thirty teet the mile, and to have no curve greater
than two degrees Work will be begun to reduce
the grades through New-Kochelle and Mount Vernon
70 improve the condition OF the road and the streets
aud to make safety more certain TO persons crossing
the tracks
Several new stations being Constructed and the
one AZ Ma naroueck will be completed IN about
. month Ii is "a brick structure costing S35,oOo ana
- is the handsomest along the line New stations VIII
be built OF Larchmont Harrison and Rye, OF stone,
md at Pelhamville and West New-Rochele OF DICK.
Each of these will have covered driveway TO protect
. people from stormy weather. he new buildings are
10 be more appear than the present
stations and the fronts will be in terra Gotta hnish
with brick trimmings The spaces about the sta ions
will be transformed into lawns and towcr-beds, in
stead OF beng utilized by loungers There is also TO
be system of block signals all aong the line ms
Is a system of signals placed along the tracks at
three mile intervals by which the engineer may know
whether or the track is clear tor three mile :
ahead. Thus every train in the path may lie loceed
and conductors and engineers can regulate the run
ming Of their trains accordingly and danger from col
GsiOa he almost Impossible.